Teaching Sustainability

How to build a robust economy, healthy planet, and just world for all.

YES! Recommends: Heifer International

posted Jun 01, 2011

Heifer International is renowned for giving animals as a sustainable source of food and income to those in need—changing lives forever. Its resources educate and energize people of all ages, empowering them to help others and build a better world.

Get Your Skysight On!: How to Change the Way We Perceive the World

by Daniel Dancer

posted Apr 12, 2011

Oregon artist and teacher Daniel Dancer helps young people understand how animals, Earth, and humans are connected. By being part of a human painting, students are instilled with the power to change the world and protect endangered species.

YES! Recommends: Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots

posted Apr 01, 2011

Roots & Shoots animal community service-learning curriculum offers lessons plans, sample campaigns, and resources for K-12 teachers. Access free, downloadable classrooms tools including lessons on hope, endangered species, and multiple intelligences.

Visual Learning: Out of the Blue

posted Apr 01, 2011

With this YES! lesson plan, you and your students can luxuriate—and pause—to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not).

YES! Poster: Jane Goodall’s 10 Best Things We Can Do For Animals

by Jane Goodall

posted Mar 01, 2011

YES! asked Jane Goodall to tell us what we can do in our everyday lives to care for the animals we love.

Who Participated in No Impact Week? Meet the Students!

posted Feb 06, 2011

Meet six students who started the New Year tracking their trash, taking record-breaking showers, battling the bus system, and learning that green is the color for all seasons.

Visual Learning: Cone in the Cob

posted Oct 13, 2010

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about simplicity.

YES! Recommends: Global Oneness Project

posted Oct 13, 2010

YES! recommends the Global Oneness Project for their inspiring and richly produced resources that explore how the radically simple notion of interconnectedness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.

Curriculum & Resources: Water

posted Aug 01, 2010

Measure your water footprint with H2O Conserve's easy-to-use calculator, and wrap your head around the impact of the BP oil spill using this trio of classroom resources.

YES! Recommends: Water Environment Federation

posted Aug 01, 2010

The Water Environment Federation offers communities and students a myriad of learning opportunities to protect and preserve the Earth's water resources.

Visual Learning: A Slow, Press-ious Process

posted Aug 01, 2010

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about local, sustainable farming.

YES! Recommends: No Impact Project

posted Jan 25, 2010

No Impact Man, Colin Beavan, and his family have inspired a nation to swap their old consumer habits for new environmentally-friendly ones. The recently launched No Impact Curriculum brings the lessons learned from this year-long journey to your classroom.

Curriculum & Resources: Green Jobs and Green Buildings

posted Jan 25, 2010

Lesson plans, hands-on activities, and award-winning projects on green building and economies will demonstrate to your students that there’s a better, sustainable, and just future that they can help build, shape, and design.

Visual Learning: Have Wheels, Will Travel

posted Jan 25, 2010

With this YES! lesson plan, you and your students can luxuriate—and pause—to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about bikes.

Words That Inspire: The Once-ler, from The Lorax with photos by Chris Jordan

posted Jan 01, 2010

Quote from The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and images from Chris Jordan's stunning series on America's obsession with consumption, Intolerable Beauty, with a note to educators.